FAZZ888
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Picked up my first Sazabi today, it is now sitting in the office waiting for a good time for me to contraband it home. Was chatting with the store owner on upcoming stuff; apparently the re-release of metal structure Nu Gundam will be a bundle package with the fin funnels, and along side it a significant price increase. The re-release Nu will also have new markings different than the original. The sad news is that the standalone fin funnel package re-release is nowhere on the horizon, all production runs of the fin funnels in the factories now are going into the bundle package.
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I had a nightmare the other night where the metal structure nu gundam re-issue isn't actually the original but the recolored Fukuoka version ...
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There is a meme in Hong Kong digging at how Bandai's logo evolution accurately reflects their increasingly predatory practices, it goes something like "Bandai puts children above all else" -> "Bandai is in the heart of children" -> "Bandai doesn't keep children in their heart anymore"...
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Sazabi instruction manual link: https://tamashiiweb.com/images/item/item_0000014085_cRuXXXod_300.pdf
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My heart skipped a beat watching people playing with this, it is not supposed to bend like this, it'll snap !!!
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not my video, my orders (yes, s, 2) were all made with North American retailers so they won't be available until end of Jan to Feb. I suspect for the first month after release the majority of the review videos will be from Japanese / Chinese content creators and the English language videos won't be available until later. I was excited at first seeing the influx of videos so I started posting, but don't want to spam. If more comes out with important information I will sure to share here, like the possible defect of the head led not lighting up.
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I got carried away with sharing online videos of the Sazabi unboxing, this will be my last post sharing videos. As the product is getting released to the public more and more videos will come out and one can simply go on youtube or bilibili, search by Sazabi and sort by upload date. This last video I'm going to share is informative, it has a lot of tips on how to flip the panels etc. so as not to scratch or break the toy. But most importantly he pointed out a defect that the head light won't light up; so for anyone getting the Sazabi please make sure to test it out.
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another sazabi stream
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sazabi open box
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I just finished listening to a podcast by Hong Kong toy industry insiders, the stocks have arrived and HKD 24000 (USD 3000) is now the norm price amongst all the HK retailers. What was said is basically all the HK retailer now have the mentality of looking for that year end profit stream. I'm conflicted, on one hand I hate price scalping but on the other hand, if anyone is going to do it might as well be the retailers making the margin as opposed to a middle man buying for cheap from the stores and then flipping online. The reality is that even if a retailer does not want to price scalp, they will because otherwise someone will just buy from them and flip it, not benefiting the end users.
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boycott them, they don't deserve your business
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I've shopped from them many times and can say they're legit, although I find their price and shipping higher than average (I'm in Canada). One thing I noticed today is they've jacked up the price even more to HKD 26500, it was HKD 24500 yesterday when I posted it.
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Hobby digi order is up for Metal Structure Sazabi. price is high HKD $24500 ($3150 USD) not counting for shipping and import tax. I'm passing, as I've since landed on 2 separate orders from different shops. To those with the deep pocket, here you go: https://www.hobbydigi.com/zh_hant_hk/bandai-metal-structure-action-figure-msn-04-sazabi-mobile-suit-gundam Edit: now sold out
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That is obviously fake
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The Hrududu add on part is out and according to this youtuber they're plastic color not painted like the original TR-1 main body, so when you put it on there is a color mismatch.